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My same question - how do you keep it so sharp ? peel off at the just the right time as the paint sets up ?

I think its a combination of the way the liquid mask adheres to the metallic silver, almost with a fine ragged edge and the thickness of the next coat, that and keeping the detail as small as possible and even omitting parts that are too fine; these areas can be scratched in later. I left the grey layer 12 hours before the mask came off, this also played a part...

I 've always had mixed feelings about the 'creaminess' of the beige layer, its difficult to gauge as the green layer seems to reduce its tone. I've misted 103 on top of 28 so if needed i can use wire wool to buff the colour back slightly...

tip: watch out for the mid grey detail UNDER the green layer, Darth Nickel and myself have been working on a translucent green mix for the next layer...

tip: try to keep this layer slightly thinner so the grey and beige show through in certain areas!
I went slightly too heavy with the paint, so the grey i was hoping would show through this layer is not really visible, when totally dry a buff with 0000 wire wool may work and will also tone down colour intensity...
PS if you spot any detail i missed please keep it to yourself as i'm nursing a migrane from staring at the back of this helmet for 2 weeks...
PPS thanks to Darth_Nickel for helping me with the colour mix...